Digital transition doesn’t change value of the news
At 71, I have spent more than 60 years reading newspapers.
Several months ago, I broke my shoulder, making it impossible to hold the newspaper properly, so I started reading the Times Free Press on my iPad. I was reluctant because I also have digital subscriptions to the NYT and the Post, and their digital editions are not especially user-friendly. But the TFP is a breeze to read. Tap on a headline, and the entire story appears. Tap “close,” and you are taken back to the original page. Increasing font size is simple. We still get the print edition because my husband prefers it, but even he, Luddite that he is, concedes that he will make the switch when the time comes.
For anyone my age to refuse to accept the inevitable change (and benefit) of the transition to electronic newspapers (love that oxymoron) is self-defeating. Wake up, seniors; there’s a new world out there. I loved the old way, too, but I won’t let the fact that the delivery system has changed keep me from getting the news.
Lisa Erlendson Scott